The NATO chief noted a positive response to Kyiv's request for a large number of air defense systems. Read also: US preparing $725 million military aid package for Kyiv The issue of providing Kyiv with new air defense systems was a central topic at the Ukraine-NATO Council meeting on the evening of Dec.

NATO countries will do all they can to provide Ukraine with air defenses necessary to protect its infrastructure but there is no surplus of such systems, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Dec. 4.

Russian drones struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western Ternopil and Rivne regions overnight, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. The attack left part of the city of Ternopil without electricity,

Russia attacked Ukraine using a guided aviation missile and 50 drones. Ukrainian air defense forces managed to destroy 29 enemy drones, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. This night,

Russia launched 50 Shahed strike drones and other types of UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Oryol, and Millerovo. Additionally, the aggressor state struck Ukraine with a Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missile from the airspace over Kursk Oblast.